I found a site that lists a hundred words in Spanish that you can learn. I went down the list and found out that I knew all the words. The site also lists additional words for extra practice. You can go here to access the words: https://www.thoughtco.com/spanish-words-you-need-to-know-3079567
If you're just getting started in Spanish, it helps to have a list with which to work. That way, you are not floundering in a sea of words and wondering where to start. The list gives you very easy words so that you don't get stuck. Once you get these words under your belt, you will find that they are repeated quite often in writing and in speech. The frequency in which they appear will reinforce your learning. I hope you will focus on these words soon in the near future.
Another place where these words will appear over and over are in telenovelas. For fun, try to write a telenovela from scratch. You can choose your own plot and characters. When you get to the part when you write dialogue for the characters, try to choose words from the list. Make the conversations simple when you start. If you want to use more difficult words, you can, but you will have to remember the meaning if you are not familiar with them.
Practice reading the dialogue with someone else. Notice how frequently the words in the list come up in speech. Within no time, you will be practicing these very useful words.
Once you are done with the list of the hundred words, you will have time to build on to your list. Make a list of other words or phrases that come up over and over again. Make it a point to use them in dialogue or write more dialogue for your telenovela using them.
Have fun with your telenovela and learn to use the words whenever you can.

I love learning new words. In the past, I used to look forward to "increase your word power" exercises in Reader's Digest. I loved the word and vocabulary exercises in the book, "Word Wealth." I used to look for random words I didn't recognize and make them part of my collection of words.
You can also look for words to learn while learning Spanish. I recommend a Spanish translation site called Spanishdict.com It has a "word of the day" section. You can even sign up for a word of the day to come to your inbox. There are also other sites you can find if you type in "word of the day" in your browser.
A site you can use is wordhippo.com It helps you find translations for words, so you can use the word you like and find other words for them as well.
Developing word wealth is like using tools from a toolbox. You can strengthen your communication using words as tools. I like using unusual words in writing so that others can also learn them. I know an author who likes collecting words from random people on twitter and then uses them to write a new story every month. The words he receives point the direction in which the story is going to go. The collaboration brings members of twitter to bring forth a new creation together.
I hope you can visit any one of a number of word of the day sites and begin to use the words in your daily life. Not only are you teaching yourself, but others are also going to benefit from your usage of your discovery of the new word.
Increase your word power today!

If you wonder why you are learning a second language, you will start to realize the reason is that you care about communication. A whole other world awaits you, and you can enter it knowing you are well - versed in using a second language. It is equipping yourself and having enough coverage or insurance in communicating with others. Without this knowledge, you wouldn't be able to interact with new groups of people that use that language.
Once the groups you interact with know that you care to get through to them, new doors open. You become an expert in putting forth questions and new ideas. You are depositing your new wealth to others, and then they take that same wealth of words and transmit ideas to you. Both groups are now engaged in the learning process.
It is fascinating to realize when you click with others. At first, you might be shy or have a type of stage fright in conversing, but then you realize they are also new in sharing the common speech with you. The shared language then becomes something you have in common. It becomes an arsenal or quiver full of words and phrases to share. With practice, your nervousness fades, and you begin to have a new - found confidence with others.
You also become aware of the levels at which people are and actively begin to help them improve. I find this out when I tutor and I see a person grow in the language and I become adept at facilitating the learning process. They are newbies at first, and then they progress. This makes you care more about communicating in the new language even the more. That in turn makes the individual care about learning.
Enjoy learning the new language in phases. Begin to appreciate all it affords you and others. It will propel you to make insights and help you to gain an awareness of the wonderful world of that language. Using that language shows your new friends that you care about them and are invested in communicating with them. Keep connecting. You won't regret it!

When you begin to read a paragraph or passage in Spanish, do you get stuck? Well, you've come to the right place. Meet the paragraph headlong and try to make sense of it.
Don't go away feeling as you will never get it. Build a relationship with the paragraph. When you first read it, ask what it is about. If you don't get the gist of it, try to use this method. Place a question mark after each sentence. You are basically going to change each sentence into a question. Then answer each question the sentence asks. Are there any questions that you cannot answer? Why? Are there any words or phrases that you don't know that affect the understanding of the sentence? What are the mental hurdles in your comprehension of the paragraph? Go to the exact spot where you lose your comprehension. Circle or underline it. What is it that stops you? Is it a word or phrase? Is it the sentence? Is it a concept? Is it an idea? When you realize what it is, it is a breakthrough. You can tackle the problem. Surmount the hurdle, and you will be on your way to understanding it. Congratulate yourself for identifying what the problem is. It is the first step in solving it. Once you solve it, breathe a sigh of relief. Go on to the next passage or paragraph. Repeat the steps. You're on your way to understanding Spanish better.

I found a site called worditout.com that helps people create word collages. Most of the collages or "word clouds" are in English, but there are some Spanish users that also visit the site. What you do is generate a list of words and copy and paste it to the site's interface, and it creates amazing collages for you.
You can choose Spanish words from lists that you have created or select words at random. Some people create the collages with resumes or company profiles. You can actually create a vision statement or a mission statement with your selection of words. You can use it to study for school by developing charts of learning.
Another idea you can use to create the collages is the process of word association. You can start with a word and then list words that come up in your mind about each ensuing word. Brainstorm so that all your words will be in Spanish. For example, I started with the word "iglesia" and these are the words I came up with: "sacerdote, biblia, palabras, letras, alfabeto, libro, paginas, numeros, cuanto, cuesta, casa, ventanas, puerta and edificio." Take all the words you come up with and copy and paste it on the interface at worditout.com You will have a beautiful word collage which you generated from word association.
Celebrate Spanish words by thinking about which ones you will use. Once you start to generate words, your mind will naturally want to think of more, and you can create more collages from those. Seeing the words in print will make an impression in your mind, and you will have a visual of what words you want to think about and learn. Creating a collage will mentally stimulate you to keep on learning through print. Join the worditout community for free, and they don't ask you to sign up, so it is a easy way to keep learning Spanish words.

I found a site where poetry in Spanish is translated. This site is found at www.spanishpoems.blogspot.com There are various poems and the translations are written below them.
There are some interesting activities you can do with these poems. First of all, read the poems in Spanish. Can you understand the gist of the poems without the translation? See how much you can understand by reading the poem in Spanish. Then read the translation and see if you are right. If it is too difficult, try to see if you can understand some of the words instead. Were you able to define the words?
Another thing you can do is focus on the words that poets use in poetry. These are called poetic words. Write down the words separately in a column on a piece of paper. Look at the English translation and see if you can learn the meaning of the words. Try to memorize a few of them. You may not be able to memorize all of them, but collecting the words may help you focus on them.
You can also write the poetic words down on paper and cut them out individually. Arrange them later on a piece of paper and read them. Can you remember the meanings?
Working with poetic words and their meanings will help to give you a little bit of experience in translation. You will get a feel of how people work with words in two different languages. If you get the chance, write the words and their meaning next to them in a notebook and title them "poetic words." You will have a wonderful collection of Spanish words and appreciate their beauty not only in English but in Spanish.

Another way to learn Spanish is to delve into print. Gather some catalogs or magazines and find photos that really grab your attention. Find objects or words in the photos and ads.
Label the words and objects with the Spanish word for them. Use post - it notes to label the photo or write the words on a separate piece of paper or in a notebook.
Collect as many words as you can.
Another thing you can do is ask what is going on in the picture. Is there a story behind it? What is the model doing in the photograph? What are the objects doing? What are the words saying?
You can also write a story using the words you have labeled and collected. Write a small paragraph in Spanish using the words you have collected.
Print has so much to offer. There's a lot going on in the photos that can teach you.
Collect as many photos as you can and put them in a folder. Later, you can do this same activity with the rest of the photographs. Not only are you increasing your print literacy, you are getting familiar with the content you are researching.
Don't pass over print. It is an amazing medium for young and old.

I just visited the site for the newspaper "La Prensa Grafica." I made a beeline to the short poll they have on the front page. I often go to it to see what the subject matter is. It is short and sweet and always about a new topic. I recommend taking the poll.
You not only practice reading the questions, but you get practice reading the words and trying to translate them in your head. That develops marvelous skills. If you don't get the words, you can always look for clues in the articles or go find a dictionary. You can also use the internet to look up a word or phrase. Today, they focused on the words "espionaje" and "prontitud."
You also get statistics in numerals, so you can practice the numbers in Spanish. You can practice saying the numbers and practice the percents.
Visiting a newspaper's poll is a very fast way of keeping up your Spanish. Try to visit different ones in different papers today. It's a great way to stay informed on matters in Spanish.

I meet very outgoing people that want to only learn how to speak Spanish to others. I am more of a bookish sort. I like to spend time learning Spanish from books, newspapers, or even the internet. I find that in order to speak Spanish, you need exposure to print material. If you learn a word and put it in a sentence, you can also use it in conversations.
There are people that want to bypass the whole learning process and only speak colloquial Spanish. That is understandable. It takes time to sit and learn it. If you're an outgoing sort, you want to practice it more with outsiders. You want to be fluent in speaking Spanish.
I once met someone that only wanted to practice conversations in Spanish. He also wanted to find an interpreter to go abroad with him for business. He didn't seem to have a whole lot of time to study Spanish. So there is the problem with time.
I would say to practice patience when it comes to learning Spanish. Learning Spanish by yourself or listening to conversations on television will definitely help you get acclimated to Spanish. Practicing with another person or other people would solidify it.
It takes time to learn. No matter if you bypass the studying process and go straight to conversations, you still need time to perfect it.
You can loosen your tongue and practice speaking it. People may be patient to help you correct your mistakes. So you can learn to speak fluently in person with others.
No matter which way you decide to tackle Spanish, it's the motivation that counts. Don't lose your interest in learning it.
I hope you find the time in the New Year to practice Spanish or practice conversations.
Happy learning!

If you don't know already, this blog is for people that are trying to learn Spanish alone.
I call it solitary Spanish. I've thought of three other ideas to get you exposed to Spanish when it is difficult to do so.
One idea is to start a Spanish library. Once I went into a store that had all music in Spanish. What if you could go to a store that carried items in Spanish? It would mean buying and collecting books in Spanish. It would be a great hobby and keep information at hand. Just make some room on your shelves for the items.
Another idea is to write out conversations in Spanish on paper. Choose words and phrases that you need to practice. One example is a friend of mine that keeps getting "buenas noches" wrong. He keeps saying "buenos noches." I would encourage him to write out a conversation with the words in it and read the lines. It would be like practicing a script.
Yet another idea is to choose a paragraph written in Spanish. Write the sentences out separately in sentence form and number the sentences. This gets you close enough to the paragraph to see how it is constructed. It helps you to see how the sentences are constructed too. You can practice the sentences separately. It will help you get more comfortable with the paragraph itself. Try it! You'll have the mechanics of Spanish down after working with a number of paragraphs in this way.
I hope you like these ideas and use them when you are playing Spanish solitaire.